diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
index 20983d6c32..818412c37b 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
@@ -324,12 +324,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_SPEEX
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_TAGLIB
 	bool "taglib"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_TAGLIB
 	help
 	  Taglib tagging plugin library
 
-comment "taglib needs a toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "taglib needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_VPX
 	bool "vpx (webm)"
diff --git a/package/taglib/Config.in b/package/taglib/Config.in
index 8f832a6f98..209837f46b 100644
--- a/package/taglib/Config.in
+++ b/package/taglib/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_TAGLIB
 	bool "taglib"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	help
 	  TagLib is a library for reading and editing the meta-data of
 	  several popular audio formats. Currently it supports both ID3v1
@@ -20,5 +21,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TAGLIB_ASF
 
 endif
 
-comment "taglib needs a toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "taglib needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR